Tazmanian Rose Myrtle Burl NE bowl

Now that's a long name for a piece. This is one of the Tazmanian Rose Myrtle Burl pieces I got at the wood store trip. 4" x 4", one coat of BLO so far, more to go. Had to give one of those pieces a turn tonight...they were calling to me.

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Chris Wright

Registered: November 2004
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Date: Mon November 14, 2005
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Keywords: tazmanian rose myrtle burl ne bowl

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nappen

Beautiful peice, and done so quickly after purchase.

#1 Mon November 14, 2005 12:39pm

Rev. Doug Miller

Rev. Doug Miller

Very good. It is still amazing to me how beautiful burl wood is. Just wish it wasn't so expensive and/or more readily available to be cut in the woods. I have a project in mind that is just waiting for a nice burl. Beautiful piece, Chris. 8)

#2 Mon November 14, 2005 4:57pm

kidcolombia

Unusually beautiful Chris. Before you started, what sort of a judgement did you have to make in order to get that wonderfully ragged rim? I have never taken on a piece of burl.

#3 Mon November 14, 2005 5:07pm

Gil

Excellent piece, and great looking wood.
Do you glue a waste block on?

#4 Tue November 15, 2005 3:47am

Chris Wright

Thanks guys, I have a bit more work to do on the finish so it should get deeper and shinier than this.

Jim, as far as orientation, small to medium burls are nice to work with because you can use a 2 prong drive center and then move the piece around to orient the edge however you like between centers. On this piece I was lucky and it was cut in such a way that already maximized the edge.

#5 Tue November 15, 2005 4:30am

Chris Wright

Thanks Gil. I did not glue a waste block mainly due to laziness. I didn't feel like waiting for glue to dry, so I turned a 1" dia x 3/8" long tenon for the #1 Stronghold jaws to grip onto. On future pieces I will use a glue block to minimize waste. The burl had a small "extra" cut on the bottom that was about 1/4" deep that I needed to turn away anyway so waste wasn't an issue.

#6 Tue November 15, 2005 4:33am